Voters also agree with OEA on all 14 ballot measures, including defeat of Sizemore’s latest rounds of so-called teacher “merit pay” and paycheck deception (2008)

OEA members elect Gail Rasmussen OEA President, the first classified/ESP member and the first African-American to be elected to the office (2009)

2010s

Oregon votes for tax fairness, bucking a national trend, by electing to increase taxes during a recession via Measures 66 & 67 which shifted the tax burden back onto some corporations and individuals making more than $125,000 a year (2010)